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Antivenom and Tetanus

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Difference between Antivenom and Tetanus

Antivenom vs. Tetanus

Antivenom, also known as antivenin, venom antiserum and antivenom immunoglobulin, is a medication made from antibodies which is used to treat certain venomous bites and stings. Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is an infection characterized by muscle spasms.

Similarities between Antivenom and Tetanus

Antivenom and Tetanus have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Antibody, Immunity (medical), Infection, Intramuscular injection, Protein, Vaccination, Vaccine, World Health Organization.

Antibody

An antibody (Ab), also known as an immunoglobulin (Ig), is a large, Y-shaped protein produced mainly by plasma cells that is used by the immune system to neutralize pathogens such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

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Immunity (medical)

In biology, immunity is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Intramuscular injection

Intramuscular (also IM or im) injection is the injection of a substance directly into muscle.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Vaccination

Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen.

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Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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Antivenom and Tetanus Comparison

Antivenom has 125 relations, while Tetanus has 109. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 3.42% = 8 / (125 + 109).

References

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